Hours after Ben Affleck condemned the actions of Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault by numerous Hollywood actresses, former One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton has claimed that Affleck once groped her on the hit MTV show TRL.

Burton spoke of the claims on Twitter in response to a fan who wrote: ‘Ben Affleck should’ve just kept quiet. Clearly he wasn’t thinking about his daughters when he left them to gallivant with their nanny.

She then shared a video of the moment in 2003 which saw Affleck tell Burton ‘I’m just free-spirited and it’s just so good to see you’ as he wraps his arm around her to give her a hug, her chest can then be seen to move.

Affleck spoke out on Tuesday, breaking his silence to speak out on the allegations.

‘This is completely unacceptable, and I find myself asking what I can do to make sure this doesn’t happen to others. We need to do better at protecting our sisters, friends, co-workers and daughters,’ Affleck’s statement read.

Outspoken Rose has been leading the #ROSEARMY on Twitter waging war on Weinstein and anyone she claims covered up his alleged campaign of sexual harassment, and she claimed Affleck did see it, and that he even addressed the allegations with the actress.

@benaffleck “GODDAMNIT! I TOLD HIM TO STOP DOING THAT” you said that to my face. The press conf I was made to go to after assault. You lie.

In a tweet, she wrote that Ben had spoken to her about the abuse during a press conference: ‘@benaffleck “GODDAMNIT! I TOLD HIM TO STOP DOING THAT” you said that to my face. The press conf I was made to go to after assault. You lie.’

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Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, claimed that Weinstein ‘forcibly performed oral sex on her’ but that she refused to speak out because ‘he has crushed a lot of people’. ‘That’s why this story—in my case, it’s twenty years old, some of them are older—has never come out,’ she added. ‘The thing with being a victim is I felt responsible,’ she said. ‘Because if I were a strong woman, I would have kicked him in the balls and run away. But I didn’t. And so I felt responsible.’

An audio recording made by a Filipina-Italian model named Ambra Battilana Gutierrez features Weinstein pleading with her to enter a bathroom and watch him have a shower.